S.U.P.E.R. HP 200LX Archive
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MS Word 5.5 English version

Version (3500 KB) added 05/13/2002 (Productivity) Version 5.5en · Microsoft

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Description

This is the DOS version 5.5 of Microsoft Word, which has been freely available for download on the Microsoft website for some time. Works very well on the palmtop. There are also other language versions available.

Technical details

File
word55_en.exe
Size
3.3 MB
Format
.exe
Year
2007
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
2002-05-13
Files inside
342
Author
Microsoft
Path
anonftp/pub/word55_en.exe

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 3.7 MB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • EGA.SYS → A:\SOFT driver, necesita línea en CONFIG.SYS 4.8 KB
  • MOUS8514.SYS → A:\SOFT driver, necesita línea en CONFIG.SYS 18.4 KB
  • SETUP.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 135.4 KB
  • SETUP.INI → A:\_DAT configuración 20 B

No need to put 437S.TBL, 850.TBL, 850S.TBL, 863.TBL, ACADEMIC.ST$, APPEALS.ST$, ATT6300.CS$, BIOSSAFE.CS$ and 326 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 3.7 MB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. EGA.SYS is a driver: add DEVICE=A:\SOFT\EGA.SYS to C:\CONFIG.SYS and reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
  2. MOUS8514.SYS is a driver: add DEVICE=A:\SOFT\MOUS8514.SYS to C:\CONFIG.SYS and reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
  3. Copy SETUP.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
  4. Copy SETUP.INI to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
  5. If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
. Additional Setup Information
. Installing Word To Run Under Windows 3.0
. Using Word Under Windows 3.0 with a Hercules Adapter
. Installing Word To Run Under Windows 2.1
. New Mouse Driver
. Additional Style Sheet Information
. Additional Macro Information
. Using an IBM 8514 Monitor Under OS/2
. Using an IBM PS/2 Model 70 Display Under OS/2 1.21
. Using Word with KEYB.COM
. Switching between keyboard drivers
. Keyboard Information for non-US Keyboards
. Using Word with Presentation Manager
. Mouse Support and OS/2
. Installing Code Pages under OS/2

OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

For information on:         See:

Printers and printing       PRINTERS.DOC on Printer disk 1
Word-DCA conversions        WORD_DCA.DOC on Utilities disk 1
Word-RTF conversions        WORD_RTF.DOC on Utilities disk 1
Word 5.0 macro              MACROCNV.DOC on Program disk 1
  conversions

RELEASE INFORMATION FOR WORD 5.5A

Award BIOS and DTK BIOS Machines:

Word 5.5A has keyboard drivers for machines with the Award
BIOS and DTK BIOS.  If you are updating from Word 5.5, you
can modify an existing version of Word and choose to update
your video driver.  This will create the support that you
need.

ADDITIONAL SETUP INFORMATION

As noted in the "Getting Started" booklet, you need at
least 384K of available RAM to run Word 5.5; 512K is
recommended.  If you are running Terminate-And-Stay-
Resident (TSR) utilities or network software on your
system, you should verify that you have 384K of RAM
available after they are loaded.

Setup will not recognize a directory name longer than 8
characters that has been created with the Novell FILER
utility. If you want to install Word in such a directory,
you can use the following procedure:

Literal excerpt from README.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →